Acme United Corporation (ACU)

NYSE: ACU · Cutlery, Handtools & General Hardware · Shelton, CT · filing with the SEC since 1994

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Income statement, as filed

In US dollars (USD), as filed; per-share figures in US dollars; share counts. The fiscal year ends in December.

Income statement, by fiscal year, newest first
Fiscal year	FY 2025	FY 2024	FY 2023	FY 2022	FY 2021	FY 2020	FY 2019	FY 2018	FY 2017	FY 2016
Period ending	Dec 31, 2025	Dec 31, 2024	Dec 31, 2023	Dec 31, 2022	Dec 31, 2021	Dec 31, 2020	Dec 31, 2019	Dec 31, 2018	Dec 31, 2017	Dec 31, 2016
Report filed	Mar 11, 2026	Mar 6, 2025	Mar 7, 2024	Mar 10, 2023	Mar 30, 2022	Mar 31, 2021	Mar 13, 2020	Mar 15, 2019	Mar 15, 2018	Mar 10, 2017
Revenue	196,541,816	194,489,991	191,500,947	193,962,357	182,087,559	164,003,040	142,457,342	137,321,395	130,550,349	124,574,000
For lenders
Net interest income	·	·	-2,977,164	-2,364,461	-908,223	-919,709	-1,788,512	-1,858,224	-1,327,160	-868,507
Provision for credit losses	14,443	393,945	-129,219	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Cost of revenue	119,131,968	118,139,167	119,290,712	130,403,572	117,287,202	104,408,326	90,456,484	86,672,413	82,651,076	79,019,315
Gross profit	77,409,848	76,350,824	72,210,235	63,558,785	64,800,357	59,594,714	52,000,858	50,648,982	47,899,273	45,555,056
Research and development	·	·	·	·	·	251,000	596,000	734,000	752,000	750,000
Selling, general and administrative	62,685,334	62,210,882	59,021,618	57,285,483	52,030,370	48,182,050	43,571,510	43,192,076	40,016,220^r	37,113,000
Operating income	14,724,514	14,139,942	13,188,617	6,273,302	12,769,987	11,412,664	8,429,348	7,456,906	7,883,053^r	8,442,056
Interest expense	1,683,000	2,083,000^r	3,096,481	2,396,431	921,965	944,363	1,828,408	1,891,042	1,356,536	868,626
Interest and investment income	123,000	141,000^r	119,317	31,970	13,742	24,654	39,896	32,818	29,376	119
Interest income (expense), net	-1,559,920	-1,942,643	-2,977,164	·	·	·	·	·	·	·
Other income (expense), net	-46,972	95,110	-41,002	-246,396	-194,877	-666,227	-97,672	-67,458	-62,596^r	-76,846
Total non-operating income (expense)	·	95,110	12,523,151	-246,396	3,313,170	-666,227^r	-1,886,184	-1,925,682	-1,389,756^r	-945,353
Income before income taxes	13,117,622	12,292,409	22,734,604	3,662,445	15,174,934	9,826,728	6,543,164	5,531,224	6,493,297	7,496,703
Income tax expense	2,933,201	2,270,058	4,941,444	627,679	1,519,255	1,727,962	1,029,556	932,874	2,440,818	1,645,705
Net income	10,184,421	10,022,351	17,793,160	3,034,766	13,655,679	8,098,766	5,513,608	4,598,350	4,052,479	5,850,998
Earnings per share, basic	2.69	2.71	4.98	0.86	3.93	2.42	1.65	1.36	1.21	1.76
Earnings per share, diluted	2.49	2.45	4.86	0.82	3.45	2.31	1.60	1.30	1.09	1.64
Weighted average shares, basic	3,787,284	3,700,568	3,572,144	3,527,626	3,471,374	3,342,630	3,351,731	3,370,744	3,356,383	3,327,867
Weighted average shares, diluted	4,087,076	4,098,549	3,657,697	3,719,250	3,955,235	3,509,497	3,452,623	3,541,910	3,724,603	3,577,823

As filed with the SEC, each figure from the newest report that carries it, and linked to it. Nothing here is computed.A dot is a line not tagged for that period. ^r restated by the company in a later report; ^b a share figure put on the newest basis or filed in the wrong unit. Hover a figure for its filing and note.

What each line is, and the XBRL concept behind it

Revenue what customers paid for what it sold

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us-gaap:SalesRevenueGoodsNet

Net interest income interest earned less interest paidus-gaap:InterestIncomeExpenseNet

Provision for credit losses set aside for loans that may not be repaidus-gaap:ProvisionForLoanLeaseAndOtherLosses

Cost of revenue what it cost to make or buy what it sold

us-gaap:CostOfGoodsAndServicesSold
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Gross profit revenue less the cost of what it soldus-gaap:GrossProfit

Research and development spent on inventing what it sells nextus-gaap:ResearchAndDevelopmentExpense

Selling, general and administrative the cost of selling and of running the companyus-gaap:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense

Operating income profit from running the business, before interest and taxus-gaap:OperatingIncomeLoss

Interest expense what its borrowing costus-gaap:InterestExpenseDebt

Interest and investment income what its cash and investments earnedus-gaap:InvestmentIncomeInterest

Interest income (expense), net interest earned less interest paid, outside the businessus-gaap:InterestIncomeExpenseNonoperatingNet

Other income (expense), net gains and costs outside the businessus-gaap:OtherNonoperatingIncomeExpense

Total non-operating income (expense) everything outside the business, togetherus-gaap:NonoperatingIncomeExpense

Income before income taxes profit before taxus-gaap:IncomeLossFromContinuingOperationsBeforeIncomeTaxesExtraordinaryItemsNoncontrollingInterest

Income tax expense tax charged on the period's profitus-gaap:IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit

Net income the profit or loss that belongs to the company's shareholdersus-gaap:NetIncomeLoss

Earnings per share, basic net income per share outstandingus-gaap:EarningsPerShareBasic

Earnings per share, diluted net income per share, counting every share that could be issuedus-gaap:EarningsPerShareDiluted

Weighted average shares, basic the average count of shares outstandingus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfSharesOutstandingBasic

Weighted average shares, diluted the average count with every share that could be issuedus-gaap:WeightedAverageNumberOfDilutedSharesOutstanding

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